FOOTNOTE:
[2] From "David Copperfield," by Charles Dickens.
Expression: The two stories which you have just read were written by two of the greatest masters of fiction in English literature. Talk with your teacher about George Eliot and Charles Dickens, and learn all that you can about their works. Which of these two stories do you prefer? Why?
Reread the conversation on pages [14] and [15]. Imagine yourself to be Tom or Maggie, and speak just as he or she did. Read the conversation on pages [16] and [17] in the same way. Reread other portions that you like particularly well.
In what respect does the second story differ most strongly from the first? Select the most striking passage and read it with expression sad feeling.